The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1900, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1900. NETTIE R. CRAVEN IS NOT JAMES G. FAIR'S WIDOW Judge Troutt Holds That She Never Married the Dead Millionaire and Adjudges Her Claims to Be Based on Forged Documents. PELPIEDIOIIIDIOEOIOE DI VIO D 4900400+ 000000000+0 Hale’s. Hale’s. | Hale’s. ova Q &‘"/ o now \¢ May 23, 1892, to become husband and wife to each other. I do not assume, however, that they both consented in good, faith— ‘ that is, with matrimonial intent. $ | “Regarding the alleged solemnization | of a ceremony before a Justice of the | Peace in Sausalito it appears that noth- ing was ever sald to petitioner's daughter by decedent, from which any inference ! ‘v?uld be drawn that any Justice of the | Peace had solemnized any marriage be- | tween her mother and himself, although | the trip to Sausalito was taken and the | ceremony was there performed, accord- 4 | Ing to petitioner’s testimony, because of & | & particular desire on decedent’s part to placate and satisfy the daughter. Dur- Ng a_period of seven years succeeding this Sausalito episode, and until after flfrdpeuuon now under consideration was be . Petitioner made no attempt to obtaln any information respecting the name or the record of the Justice of the Peace who solemnized her marriage to a multi-millionaire, a map who had been | a United States Sepator and who was | then very prominent in the affairs of this | community.” ! | pfafter reviewing the testimony given by e L{a:en regarding the Sausalito | mony and the subsequent statements and explanations made by Dunand, Stmp- ton and Sylva, Judge Troutt says: An Incredible Story. “In the light of these circumstances made plain by this testimony without con- lering others in evidence, I do not hesi :. ‘l’gl;\‘;‘"dr‘cllurle the story of the Sausalf e Y to be a most improbable one- an incredible one. To establish it to be a fabrication needs not the contradietion of | Simpton nor the explanations of Dunand or Sylva. ,James G. Falr and Nettfe R. Craven did not have a common home or a com- | mon name. The decedent’s home was con- tinuously in the Lick House during the Yyears 1892, 1883 and 1894, up to the time of | his death, but As removal time approaches we have less time for closing present stocks. There’s a sharpening of prices all over the store—practically every selling price is closer and every reduction deeper than usual. .| To-dau will be one of exceptional saving for wanters of gloves, hosiery, handkerchiefs, neckwear, corsets, mus- lin or knit underwear, ribbons, ostrich boas, furnishing goods, shirt waists, petticoats, separate skirts, laces, em- broideries, dress trimmings, notions, wash fabries, stationery, perfumes and leather goods, if advantage is taken of the splendid and unusual economies R S S e e S SR S P W © | Byescath; but petitioner was never there, | | single time. The decedent never f d . ¢ |stayed a whole night with petitioner ex- this sale affords. & | cept in the single instance when they v - 3 :lql»xl the P: Hotel in Alameda together. . | She was rnever addressed otherwise than +D D040+ G+0-+0-+@ |25 Mrs. Craven, | i | . $20 Sutter street, In this city, decedent | LBl Will Declared a Forgery. | & | said to her, “Why not be married as I |, “The evidence bearing on the handwrit- | s g sted? We can get up a m IHT‘nf-lh«: pencil will heretofore presented | - r d in a few months I will have my | bY Mrs. Craven as compared with the gen- @ | business g ottled s0 we can publiciy | Uine handwriting of the decedent and the | . 1 we will.” She then said, | évidence bearing upon the genuineness of | g ) He thereupon said to |ihe aforesald deeds convinces me boyond 2 < you may have some evi- sl} doubt that the said will and the sald 3 5 § vything happening, | deeds were not written or signed or delv- | 2 t a_marriage contract be- | ¢Ted by the decedent but are forgeries. | ! ¢ 5.’ He dictated one to her | Hence ‘the fact is that decedent made no | p ¢ - wrote it, and, according to her | Provision for petitioner’s support in antici- | i , each of them signed it. | Pation of his death. Nor do=s it appear | pursuant to agreement on |that he made any definite or sub: ntial | é . L certain corner and al- | PI¢ ision for her support during life- "ot JUDGE AND TEE WOMAN WHOSE CLAIMS HE DE- ¢ formed him that her an“{{‘g- = D> T - ARED FRAUDULENT. he had taken the so- 1 l:l e morning after the decedent’s | = " > - r § CLA y. NT. . dered it valid with- <1lnmtxh . petitioner read the announcement | \ O Y € Newspape: e could ot P Boieitie i eIttt eiebeieiededed L BLL L iU o s\il.f,!i‘flu” R = e 2 = N o were just | tme. She did not attend the funeral. She ’ | years ago. It was while visiting the Chi e £ by chancé he |2lSo read in one of the daily newspapers | cago Exposition that Vierboom met the ! d ; they beckoned to rl'.mnm this time a statement purport- | s young lady whom he subsequently mar- the Saus X him. The notary joined them and offered | INE to be a portion of the decedent's last| ————— | rled and who after seven years of weddet I to take thelr acknowledgment, but said ‘F“".”‘»""d Fn{-(«mhnr 1894, wherein he | bliss deserted him. e o 57 Siike o e if he did he would have to make |10 led. But she did not inform the | | B s no headache in Jesse Moore Whisi record In his official book and then it | decedent’s daughters or son, or their ) | " sel, or the executors of the last will, e was his widow, until June 2 when questioned on the subject as a w before the court. The petitioner | testified that it had been agreed between | her and the decedent that if their mar- | riage had not become publicly known and | announced, then the sec: should | with her if he died first, and that it would | die with him if she died first. “And now, the final question is, did the She produced the | nd the notary took | r acknowledgment then and there on the street. The decedent requested him to keep some memorandum of it as a pro- fon for her, but to say nothing about nybody else. This paper re; o public, er mentioned | That's because it is pure. i e med ke | “The Scandinavian element In this coun. try numbers nearly 1,000,000 souls. Thes are located principally in four States— Iowa, Illinols, Wisconsin and Minnesota ol o Mysterious and Sudden Disappearance of Louis Vierboom’s Young | e e and Pretty Wlfe | pager Mysell-Rollins, 22 Clay, makers . | ¢NCORPORATED 8 nas ¢ | Special Bargains Saturday and Monday. o | 2 + | SWEET CAKES, ™eX=.gecdinees ™ 10¢ Regular 15¢ and 20c Ib. 25¢ er, extra fine, pure and 7 | ORANGE MARMALADE, 3 cans e Co., Los Angeles. 1 Regular 15e can. FIN EST CREAMERY BUTTER. square 40c Fine Butter is our motto. Regular S0c. BEST CITY EGGS, dozen Gathered from the Missfon. | GHOICE PETALUMA EGGS Guaranteed. Regular 2Se. X\ FRANCISCO, Cal., M: tie R. Craven to be m AME lawful wife. | 1 | relations that existed between the peti- | DDA o PP D P D S S D P S S SO = . Fair. | tioner and the decedent as disclosed by | @ & &€+ . 2 * 4 - . CRAVEN. | the evidence constitute a marriage be- | 4 .| tween writing, if genulne, merel them under the statutes of our y con- | IS formal consent by the parties | State Interpreted as they have been by 5 3 | become husband and wife to | OUr Supreme Court? d s equivalent, in the eye | How Marriage Is Proved. ‘ 3 » nothing more than an oral | It has been held by the Supreme| ¢ t effect.” | Court that a man's mere introduction of | & n 3 . a woman as his wife is not sufficient to Relations of the Principals. prove a marriage where there is no proof | ¢ After thus reviewing this portion of | of a present contract of marriage and | Mrs. Crav story Judge Troutt con- | that the parties lived or dwelt together in | the same habitation. And that mere stop- | of the contract’s| ping together as transient guests at a -es need not be told be- | hotel during a short journey Goes not | s assume that the petitioner | make the parties habitants of the hotel decedent did consent on or about | or prove cohabitation. e The Court’s Final Judgment. | “By reason of the foregoing facts and | Hiiodnm ks this Cong AL b by Haubee] Court, I am of the opinion that there was never any mutual assumption of marital | rights, dutles or obligations on the part | “YOUNG DUTCHY” | IS VOWING VENGEANCE | S B G Tie ~ L S S S decedent. Accordingly, the petitioner’s application for a monthly allowance out | ® ‘n} the estate of decedent, as his widow, | is_denied. { & BT e0 0000000000000 +0+06000 006000000 B R S Y Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SHLAND, Or., Aug. 10.—Vowing vengeance on his accusers, Fred Hansted, better known as “Young Dutchy,” is speeding southward on the California express. “Young Dutchy” is one of the principal figures in The Call's great expose of the Chretien conspiracy in the Sullivan estate case, which created such should be tuned the house is accumulates are back a furor along the entire Pacific Coast, op us a and he promises that he will send a bomb- | ! We will shell into the camp of his accusers, and t of the s in this line no in fir: Dutchy” arrived from Alaska dnesday on the steamship Oregon, ailable train for lass or- reasonable. We the ‘south. ew to-night he d three said: costemient 1 recelved the first news of The Call's exposure two days after I reached Nome City, and 1 determined to return immedi- ately I aid municate my I have no doubt that there will prove the biggest kind of a surprise to certain per- sons in San Francisco when they learn that I am on my way there. ! “Those who accused me waited until I | was on my way to Cape Nome and then they made revelations implicating me in their dirty schemes. They have -lied about me. They intended to make me the scapegoat. When I reach there I shall expose some of those people. and | there will be more sensations, I tell you. to face my ACCUSETrS. not com- Sherman, Clay & 0o, Steinway Piazo Dealers, arny and Sutter sts. 8. F. B na" Broadway, Oaidand. L e o R R O e e Y the explosion will cause the sensation | intention to any one, and | TS' SILK EMBROIDERED BOM I have been shamefully imposed upon be- , 35c quality; sale price.............19¢ cause I was not there to defend myself. | INFANTS' FRENCH BONNETS, tucked all | But my turn is coming.” over, Tic quality; sale price.. e 9¢ | “Young Dutchy name was brought into the Sullivan estate case through the | | confessions of Chretien, the arch-con- | 2 HOSIERY SPECIALS | spirator in the great fraud. Followliig is | CHILDREN'S SCHOOL, HOSE, full finished, | the substance of the statement made by fast black, worth 12ic; sale price..7%e pair Chretien involving *‘Dutchy LADICS' POLKA-DOT HOSE, full finished, | ., He became acquainted fast colors, the very latest, worth 25c: | “Dutchy sale price . “....15€ pair | 2 Ladies’ Wrapper Specials. CALICO WRAPPERS, walsts lined, worth 85e; sale price... B30 with young about the first of 1900. Chretien said he met “Dutchy” on Montgomery | €treet one day and that “Dutchy” intro- duced himself as Dr. Weatherly's friend. He told Chretien that he had the man Sullivan, for whom Chretien was search- | ing, and at once bargained to produce | him. Chretien promised to give “Dutchy” PERCALE WRAPPER! a third of what he got out of the case, and | | fancy braids. waist end e i :gr ‘ox’pensos “Dutchy” borrowed $2 at ‘worth $1.25: sale pric at time: A day or two later he brought a man to | Chretien and reEresemed him as Sullivan. | Chretien gave the man a few pointers re- | garding dates etc., and Dutchy drilled { him thoroughly as a prospective witness. | On the strength of Latner being the heir, $750 was borrowed from Jake Rauer, | 3300 of which Chretfen says he gave to utchy. | That is the burden of the tale as told by WE HAVE LOTS MORE TO TELL, BUT WE HAVEN'T THE SPACE TO TELL IT IN WE'LL MERELY MENTION THAT WE'VE TAKEN TWO SPECIALS FROM EACH OF OUR MANY DEPARTMENTS AND CUT THE PRICE TO AN IRRESISTIBLE FIGURE. Our Muslin_ Underwear. our Overskirts, our Childrer's and Infants’ Wear, our Corsets, our o e Ribbon and Embroidery Departments are all represents | Chretien. ed in TO-DAY'S and MONDAY'S “Dutchy” made extensive preparations el | to establish himself In Nome as a_sport- 1212-1214 MARKET ST., Bet. Taylor and Jones, ing club manager and a few weeks be- fore Chretien’s arrest left on the steamer for the northern gold fields with a large Vierboom came home to his supper there was no wife to greet him nor a meal Back to work went the Crockery awaiting him. aged_taflor, (hinking that his wife had Glfassware bably gone on a visit to some frien nd had not yet returned. When, how- si’ver Pla'ed ware ever, the husband returned late at night after the day's work was over he was made to realize the sad truth. His wife was gone. She had taken with her all her belonxlnfs, besides her husband's money and his jewelry. Three days after Mrs. Vierboom's mys- terlous disappearance her aged husband received the following note from her: Louis: Go live with your friends. Emma. The letter was postmarked San Fran- cisco. The most remarkable part of the wo- | man's sudden disappearance is the fact that she was not known to have any gen- tleman friends and always expressed her prefercnce for a quiet, home life. She rarely went out and apparently had no tasté\ for society. Vierboom has now about given up all hope of ever finding his | missing wife. "IN early Killed me,” he sald. “But I am quite over it w. I have hoped against hope that she would come back Agateware Jardinieres, l(itcha‘n Ware COME JUST TO SEE Good T'me and Plsce to Buy Great American [mporting Tea Co. MONEY-SAVING STUHRES. 210-212 Grant Ave. (Bet. Butter and Post). 861 Market St. (Opp. Powell). 140 Sixth St. 355 Hayes St. 218 Third St 1419 Polk St. 521 Montgomery Ave 2516 Mission St. 705 Larkin St. 1819 Devisadero St. 475 Haight St . W, re to have celebrated thy Fillmors St. 2255 Mission St. :‘:v:‘:th a,fnf!:mry of our nmrrn;get : 52 Market St. 2732 24th St few days ago. For this anniversary we OAKLAND STORES. had made many plans, chief among which { 1033 Washington St. 616 E. 12th St. was an_outing in the Santa Cruz Moun- | 1287 Broadway 1185 234 Ave. i tains. The seventh anniversary is a most | 1610 Seventh St T e ar 4th, auspicious day in German homes. and is always alluded to as the ‘seven fat years.’ I feit confident Emma woul re- turn to me to celebrate the event, and so Prices lower than ever. tent and a complete outfit for the open- ing of his school of physical culture. Manufacturers of Ladles’ and Children's Wear. Retailed at Wholesale Prices. for two Sundays running I inserted an ‘ad’ in the newspapers in the hope it Away Down Prices Lamps 2 . This, so far as the Superior Court is| ) : 1 © | concerned. a the end of M7s. Craven's Or. Price’s Baking Powder. *-Ib. can IS¢ v 1 C tenance as vide of a n gain. gula 2 o L d | :\:E(I{r,rxx‘!\rll?x:lanlrr’.nnni; ’:‘ru:(wf:rl })1:1:' has ‘I‘E‘ h Break ;a’ar I(‘:»lunxlnco ored. 400 “. | been defeat on every point, and she must "y - . pan. 4 | now turn from her fight for a fortune New arrival. Regular ée Ib. * & and fight for her liberty, which this u““ BEST MOCHI a;d Ja'a Cnfl“ ?sc ® ” | action has y A in jeopardy | Our friends say this is the best coffee in . ’) | L 4 the city. Regular e Ib. . | ¢ | PARIS Extra Choice MEW CORN.....[2%¢ . L 4 ‘This Sugar Corn he finest that ever came 6 ® . from Portland, b ;1 < | SAPALIO, 4 cakes .. 25¢ ® p° Limit Soc & i's Gri <4 i3 ] DESERTED HUSBAND AND THE MISSING WIFE. < | Bhirardell’s round Chocolate, | -b can 25 * 1 DO e DOeI e e Oe b eieoessoeieoeg IRISH and SCOTCH WHISKEY, gt bot 95¢ ® $ Imported, Belfast. R E + OUIS VIERBOOM has’ appealed to would remind her of me and my love for 4 b ®| the detective force of this city to | her. IMPORTED SARDINES, 3 cans - ----.25¢ be assist him In locating his wife, Em- | Emma V.: Remember; Santa Cruz Moun- Limit Sc. Regular 12tc can ! ma Vierboom, who mysteriously | "2, was the message Vierboom hopea | MAGAROKI, VERMICELLI, box ...... 20¢ DS d[sappenr?{d rvzenu{;. lca:llng behind her WOULD Teach His YOunk, wife's heart. Dut | - spaghew. Repwne e . o word of tender farewell. | the anniversary came and went and b ARKET_S L3 iFor TO'Da'y a'nd Monda'y | "Srterboom 15 a taflor, nearly 70 years of | Emma appeared. Although Vierboom ai | oout Snd ime ot No Branch Stores. § —_— age, and the wife whom he is searching | mits he C;\r,motx satisfactorily explain his for so diligently is pretty and fully thir- | }OUNE wife's disappearance, he insists | : 3 | that it is no elopement and that there | 2 SK‘RT SPEC[AL . ty-five years his junior. {is_no man in the case. | 1 When Mrs. Vierboom disappeared from | Vierboom and his wife, who was for- b4 LADIES ACCORDION PLAITED SKIRTS. her aged husband’s home she took with |merly Miss Emma Schneider of Chicago, | : § $1.00 quality; sale price .65 her $2000 and many jewels. The $2000 | were married in the Windy City seven |® | LADIES' LINEX UNDERSKIRTS, accoro | <yierboom had saved after many years of | S dion plaited, $1.00 Eunllty, sale price....... havd work and the jewe(ls behlon]ged '0‘ tl:‘le 1 | N 1d gentleman’s first wife, the love of his i) 2 wAle SPEClALS: ;’;outghe. whom he married in Germany and | 7 3 had buried here about ten years ago. i . ¢ ' F ] \ LADIES' CALICO SHIRT WAISTS, 5o¢ Mrs. Vierboom's disappearance was one $ P | eaBiE S g, Gors,puttn apd, oo SENE L W ; ! : e morn Qm\m“\ : | the voung wife kissed her husband good- € Are Sellmg * DU | by as he went to his daily work and told | & T him how good and kind he was and how . FREDERICK HANSTED, EKNOWN AS “YOUNG DUTCHY.” 'ZSpecialsinlnfams’ Bounets she loved him. When in the evening China | ARE YOU A BACHELOR? It so we can relieve you of many trou. bles. 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